Sister Helen Prejean
“Dead Man Walking—The Journey”
Monday, September 11, 2000 at 7:30 p.m.
Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center
NW 27th Street and Florida Ave
 

Sistern Helen Prejean, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille, is a writer, lecturer, and community organizer. Prejean has lectured extensively on the subject of capital punishment and has appeared on "60 Minutes, ABC's "World News Tonight," BBC World Service Radio and an NBC special series on the death penalty.

In 1982, Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair in Louisiana's State Penitentiary at Angola. Out of that relationship came her book, "Dead Man Walking," a profoundly moving spiritual journey through America's system of capital punishment.

In 1994, Prejean won the Christopher Award for Artistic Excellence, affirming the highest values of the human spirit. In the same year, she won the American Library Association Award for Notable Book of the Year.

"Dead Man Walking, starring Academy Award-winner Susan Sarandon, will be shown at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, in Petree Auditorium in the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center, Northwest 25th and Blackwelder.

Free and open to the public
For more information, call (405) 521-5446.
Sponsored by Oklahoma University Students